From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Jun 1 12:23:30 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i51JKkim013292 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 12:20:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.67.16.125]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i51JJdcu013241 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 12:19:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Dave-Lewis.stanford.edu (david-lewis.Stanford.EDU [171.65.9.91]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i51JJcsF022617 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 1 Jun 2004 12:19:38 -0700 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:17:36 -0700 To: SBB <[[email protected]]> From: "David Lewis, M.D." <[[email protected]]> In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Re: A bit geographically off topic : recovery of Bell's Vireo in S. California - hope for our county/region? Any local Black Capped Chickadee records? X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Just came back from a brief visit in Southern California where a local birder friend (Ron Beck) alerted me on May 30th that there was a singing Bell's Vireo at Sepulveda Dam (Los Angeles County). Sure enough, we saw it as it sang away its characteristic rising and falling cheedle-cheedle-chee song. To the best of our knowledge, this is a first for this location. About 8-10 pairs have now established themselves at nearby Hansen Dam, and apparently they are also now doing well in San Diego County at Anza Borrego as well as at Mission Dam etc.. This apparent recovery is occurring despite no active cowbird trapping program at most of these sites. So, perhaps things are looking up, and if the trend continues this species will start to reoccupy its former range. My question to you all is whether Bell's Vireo was an established breeder in the South Bay area prior to its decline? Also in that same area at Sepulveda we saw a Black Capped Chickadee (I know, I know - its unbelievable - the bird looked healthy and was not banded). We have let Kimball Garrett and others down there know about it. Its hard for me to explain its occurrence at this location and at this time of year - does this has to be an escapee or are there records for the Bay Area that make a Southern California record of a vagrant at least plausible? Sorry if this is too off topic geographically, but I value your collective input on these questions. Dave Division of Immunology/Transplantation Biology Dept. of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine CCSR Building, Room 2115B 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305-5164 Tel: (650)498-4189 FAX:(650) 498-6077 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]